Alleged war crimes: PM announces probe will be domestic, no foreign judges

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe meeting senior Army officers to assure them that the alleged war crimes probe will be a domestic process.

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The United National Front Government’s final position on the UN mandated probe on allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka was spelt out on Thursday by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

He told senior Army officers that the judicial mechanism would be made up entirely of Sri Lankan judges, putting to rest months of speculation if foreign judges were to be part of the tribunal. He met some hundred officers including senior Colonels, Brigadiers and Majors General at ‘Temple Trees,’ the Premier’s official residence. These officers serve in different parts of the country, most in military installations in the North and East.

Alleged War Crimes PM Announces Probe Will Be Domestic, No Foreign Judges by Thavam Ratna